They may have been doing no-mow May. I believe some councils have adopted it as policy.
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I personally prefer all these non mowed verges and no weeding they’ve done. Looks so much nicer.
Some places around me have now mowed things and it looks awful and dead.
I do like a big bold poppy. I’ll have to grab some seeds this year.
My council done no mow may, they then didn’t give the long grass a cursory look and mowed over the cans and rubbish that’s been hidden in there.
Love walking on shredded metal and plastic 😠
Good?
I guess you guys aren’t ready for that but the bees are gonna love it.
my council has elected to cut 1 mowers width around the edges of grass verges and fields around here the part of the field looks nice
but now i have to walk a whole 5 extra steps from the car to my house because the verge in front of the house has the same treatment
That looks bloody beautiful.
The council near me (Sunderland) seem to be cutting the edges of grass verges so they don’t restrict your vision or get in the way when using the foot path, but it’s mostly been left to grow and I appreciate that.
It’s apparently not the council, but the road service.
But yes, weeds everywhere.. You’re lucky you have actual wild flowers. It’s all just unkempt grass and weeds where I live. At every junction, so it’s difficult to see oncoming traffic when pulling out.
Yay!
Good for the bees
What’s nicer? Red brick or red brick plus flowers?
If you love it you might like r/rewildingUK
All fine and good until those roots break up the pavement ……which they will given time
It’s much better for wild life, especially the bees 🙂
It’s definitely council policy in many places to promote wild flowers, hedgerows, prevent use of fertilisers etc
But as others say it blocks pathways, damages pavements and walls, prevents traffic visibility at junctions.
People with limited mobility must be having a nightmare. I was on a Canal towpath today, and some parts of the path were just 6 inches wide because nothing has been cut back. When it’s rained heavily recently tree branches across public walkways were hanging as low as 3ft off the ground due to the weight of the rain…normally these lower branches would have been pruned. And of course there are weeds everywhere to trip over.
The town next to me has had Wild Orchids pop up in grass verges because of ‘no mow may’.
Council in our area is doing the same – it looks 100% better. Our roads feel so much prettier with grass and wildflowers on either side of you.
We tried to turn a section of our front garden over to wild flowers.
About 6,000 seeds and 4 years later it just looked a mess. No wild flowers grew and the neighbours thought we were lazy LOL
P.S. Other half & I love poppies. they wont grow either 🙁
Looks nice, what makes these flowers weeds other than being in a place unplanned? Are they invasive or damaging at all to the surroundings?
You say that like it’s a bad thing?
Random q but is this Neston??
Anyone who complains about this probbably also complains that council tax is too high and in the old days there was more of a community spirit. I point out to them they can solve the issue, keep tax low and do some community work by doing some de-weeding themselves.
Only downside is it’s a nightmare for picking up dog poop. Tall grass is the ultimate challenge.
Oooo poppies
They were doing no mow may.
That’s the way it should be naturally.. it may not look like the well manicured golf course greens some people dream of but it’s nature’s design. Let her have this one.
Good! Help the bees
Fucking cunt council sprayed the plants at the front of my house I’ve been growing for years. Killed some baby poppies but also killed a big thyme and my Erigeron. Fuming
Wers mah gruss
My local council have started allowing certain grassy areas to over grow to help wildlife, I love it, more colour everywhere rather than dead grass & weeds
i honestly just fucking love wildflowers. i live in london so i rarely see any. i buy packets of them every year just to sprinkle around places as i walk past. most probably just dont even germinate but i like to think at least a few do and brighten peoples day. i really want to find out where in the UK has the biggest and best wildflower meadows and just spend a weekend there enjoying it. if i ever get my own garden it is just going to be a fucking mess of wildflowers.
Is that a council owned wall or a private wall? Why get rid of flowers when things like education and social care can be given more finance? Bring on the pollinators.
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They may have been doing no-mow May. I believe some councils have adopted it as policy.
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I personally prefer all these non mowed verges and no weeding they’ve done. Looks so much nicer.
Some places around me have now mowed things and it looks awful and dead.
I do like a big bold poppy. I’ll have to grab some seeds this year.
My council done no mow may, they then didn’t give the long grass a cursory look and mowed over the cans and rubbish that’s been hidden in there.
Love walking on shredded metal and plastic 😠
Good?
I guess you guys aren’t ready for that but the bees are gonna love it.
my council has elected to cut 1 mowers width around the edges of grass verges and fields around here the part of the field looks nice
but now i have to walk a whole 5 extra steps from the car to my house because the verge in front of the house has the same treatment
That looks bloody beautiful.
The council near me (Sunderland) seem to be cutting the edges of grass verges so they don’t restrict your vision or get in the way when using the foot path, but it’s mostly been left to grow and I appreciate that.
It’s apparently not the council, but the road service.
But yes, weeds everywhere.. You’re lucky you have actual wild flowers. It’s all just unkempt grass and weeds where I live. At every junction, so it’s difficult to see oncoming traffic when pulling out.
Yay!
Good for the bees
What’s nicer? Red brick or red brick plus flowers?
If you love it you might like r/rewildingUK
All fine and good until those roots break up the pavement ……which they will given time
It’s much better for wild life, especially the bees 🙂
It’s definitely council policy in many places to promote wild flowers, hedgerows, prevent use of fertilisers etc
https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinburgh-council-to-reduce-grass-cutting-in-wildlife-friendly-initiative-4540467
But as others say it blocks pathways, damages pavements and walls, prevents traffic visibility at junctions.
People with limited mobility must be having a nightmare. I was on a Canal towpath today, and some parts of the path were just 6 inches wide because nothing has been cut back. When it’s rained heavily recently tree branches across public walkways were hanging as low as 3ft off the ground due to the weight of the rain…normally these lower branches would have been pruned. And of course there are weeds everywhere to trip over.
The town next to me has had Wild Orchids pop up in grass verges because of ‘no mow may’.
Council in our area is doing the same – it looks 100% better. Our roads feel so much prettier with grass and wildflowers on either side of you.
We tried to turn a section of our front garden over to wild flowers.
About 6,000 seeds and 4 years later it just looked a mess. No wild flowers grew and the neighbours thought we were lazy LOL
P.S. Other half & I love poppies. they wont grow either 🙁
Looks nice, what makes these flowers weeds other than being in a place unplanned? Are they invasive or damaging at all to the surroundings?
You say that like it’s a bad thing?
Random q but is this Neston??
Anyone who complains about this probbably also complains that council tax is too high and in the old days there was more of a community spirit. I point out to them they can solve the issue, keep tax low and do some community work by doing some de-weeding themselves.
Only downside is it’s a nightmare for picking up dog poop. Tall grass is the ultimate challenge.
Oooo poppies
They were doing no mow may.
That’s the way it should be naturally.. it may not look like the well manicured golf course greens some people dream of but it’s nature’s design. Let her have this one.
Good! Help the bees
Fucking cunt council sprayed the plants at the front of my house I’ve been growing for years. Killed some baby poppies but also killed a big thyme and my Erigeron. Fuming
Wers mah gruss
My local council have started allowing certain grassy areas to over grow to help wildlife, I love it, more colour everywhere rather than dead grass & weeds
i honestly just fucking love wildflowers. i live in london so i rarely see any. i buy packets of them every year just to sprinkle around places as i walk past. most probably just dont even germinate but i like to think at least a few do and brighten peoples day. i really want to find out where in the UK has the biggest and best wildflower meadows and just spend a weekend there enjoying it. if i ever get my own garden it is just going to be a fucking mess of wildflowers.
Is that a council owned wall or a private wall? Why get rid of flowers when things like education and social care can be given more finance? Bring on the pollinators.